Preliminary Fights
Jorge Gurgel defeats John Halverson via unanimous decision
Diego Sanchez submits (strikes) David Bielkheden round 1
Josh Koscheck defeats Dustin Hazelett via TKO (strikes) round 2
Luigi Fiorvanti defeats Luke Cummo via unanimous decision
Andre Arlovski defeats Jake O’Brien via TKO (strikes) round 2
Main Card
Jon Fitch over Chris Wilson via unanimous decision
Yushin Okami knocked out (knee) Evan Tanner round 2
Chris Leben defeats Alessio Sakara via TKO round 1
Heath Herring defeats Cheick Kongo by split decision
Anderson Silva submits (choke) Dan Henderson round 2
Results from fiveouncesofpain.com
UFC bonuses (60K)
Fight of the Night: Anderson Silva vs Dan Henderson
Knockout of the night: Chris Leban
Submission of the night: Anderson Silva
UFC 82 fighter pay-outs
Anderson Silva - $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 to win)
Dan Henderson - $100,000
Heath Herring - $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 to win)
Cheick Kongo - $30,000
Chris Leben - $50,000 ( $25,000 to show, $25,000 to win)
Alessio Sakara - $17,000
Yushin Okami - $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win)
Evan Tanner - $25,000
Jon Fitch - $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
Chris Wilson - $12,000
Andrei Arlovski - $170,000 ($105,000 to show, $65,000 to win)
Jake O’Brien - $11,000
Luigi Fioravanti - $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Luke Cummo - $16,000
Josh Koscheck - $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Dustin Hazelett - $12,000
Diego Sanchez - $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
David Bielkheden - $8,000
Jorge Gurgel - $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
John Halverson - $3,000
Miscellaneous
Mark Coleman inducted into UFC Hall of Fame
Closing Thoughts
1) The crowd was horrible. If there was two seconds of inactivity they would boo. This crowd wasn't as enthusiastic as the one that showed up for UFC 62. Especially during the Randy Couture and Tim Syliva fight in which Randy controlled Tim on the ground for the better part of five rounds.
2)UFC like any other business is trying to make as much money as possible. Not only do they increase ppv prices by five dollars but they don't show as many fights as they can. They are hoping that fans will run to their computer to purchase the unaired fights from the UFC homepage. To accomplish this the ppv telecast moves at a very slow pace. I don't need to see a commercial about the fights that are happening later on. They do not need to show all the entrances especially for the early fights. Many times in Pride Fighting Championships they would show only the last entrance. So instead of asking us to wear a brand of watch or ride a Harley perhaps they can satiate our thirst for more combat.
3)Anderson Silva has not cleaned out the division entirely. Many people have opined that with this dominating victory over Dan Henderson, Anderson Silva has no one left to fight. This is incorrect. They're are many more fights for Silva at 185 lbs. First he should fight Okami to avenge his defeat by disqualification. This should be an easy win but you never know. Next he should face Matt Hughes. The only thing in the way is a possible match up with Matt Serra. If Serra beats George St. Pierre, Hughes gets the first crack at him. He also has potential opponents if his former Chute Boxe partners Mauricio Rua and Wanderlei Silva drop a weight class. Wanderlei can hang at light heavyweight because he still has power but Shogun is too light to match up with the UFC 205ers. Mauricio would make an interesting opponent for Anderson.
4)UFC announces that Brock Lesnar will face Mark Coleman. The same people who said that Lesnar wold destroy Mir are predicting that he might pound Coleman into dust. Brock Lesnar could get the victory but it wont be an easy one. Lesnar has the strength, athleticism and explosiveness but what he doesn't have is experience. That's what Frank Mir used to get the win over Brock.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
UFC 82: Pride of a Champion Results
Monday, March 3, 2008
Fighter of the night video corner: Anderson "the spider" Silva
Anderson Silva demonstrates the Clinch by JohnHacklemanrn
Henderson vs Silva UFC 82 Clinch Fighting For Dummies by theMMAAddict
Saturday, March 1, 2008
MMA Schedule - March
UFC 82: Pride of a Champion 3/1
(Middle) Anderson Silva vs. Dan Henderson
(Heavy) Cheick Kongo vs. Heath Herring
(Middle) Alessio Sakara vs. Chris Leben
(Middle) Evan Tanner vs. Yushin Okami
(Welter) Jon Fitch vs. Chris Wilson
(Welter) Diego Sanchez vs. David Bielkheden
(Heavy) Andrei Arlovski vs. Jake O’Brien
(Welter) Luke Cummo vs. Luigi Fioravanti
(Welter) Josh Koscheck vs. Dustin Hazelett
(LightW) Jorge Gurgel vs. John Halverson
List from MMAMania
World Victory Road: SENGOKU 3/5
Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Josh Barnett
Ryo Kawamura vs. Antonio Braga Neto
Fabricio Monteiro vs. Nick Thompson
Takanori Gomi vs. Duane Ludwig
Makoto Takimoto vs. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos
Kazuo Misaki vs. Siyar Bahadurzada
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Graham
List from Japan MMA
Dream 1 3/15
Single Fights
Mirko Cro Cop vs TBA
Lightweight Grand Prix 1st Round Fights
J.Z. Calvan vs Shinya Aoki
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Black Mamba
Kazuyuki Miyata vs Luis Buscape
Koutetsu Boku vs Joachim Hansen
Other Lightweight Grand Prix Participants:
Andre Dida
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Caol Uno
Gilbert Melendez
Artur Oumakhanov
Jung Bukyung
List from m1mixfight.com
WEC 3/26
Paulo Filho Vs. Chael Sonnen
Doug Marshall Vs. Brian Stann
List from WEC.com
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
With CBS deal, EliteXC in better position to destroy MMA.
Is anyone else just a little afraid that EliteXC's chubby tracksuit man (Gary Shaw) and his son $kala are representing mma. Somewhere in the US of A there will be someone turning on their tube and then flip through channels looking for something to watch. They will land on CBS during an EliteXC telecast and it will not matter that this is a fairly new organization that doesn't have the best fighters in the world. People who've never seen mma will judge the sport by the product EliteXc and CBS put on.
Jake Shields upgraded to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt
Jake Shields received his Masters Degree in Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu from Cesar Gracie.
From GracieFighter.com
Jake Shields has been awarded a Blackbelt in Gracie Jiu-jitsu. Shields has had an incredible MMA and submission grappling career and looks to only further his accomplishments in the future.In 2002 Shields defeated Hayato "Mach" Sakurai to shock the MMA world. He later became only the 2nd American to have ever won the Shooto Championship. In 2005 Shields took 3rd place in the ADCC World Championships by defeating Diego Sanchez, Cameron Earl and Leo Santos. Later in the year he submitted John Fitch to become the Gracie Open Superfight Champion. In 2006 Shields defeated Dave Menne, Yushin Okami and Carlos Condit to become the Rumble on the Rock GP Champion. Last year Shields submitted Renato "Charuto" Verissimo and Mike Pyle to become EliteXC's #1 contender.Shields has now joined David Terrell and Nick Diaz in becoming 1 of an elite 3 that has ever been promoted to Blackbelt at the Cesar Gracie Academy. Congratulations Jake Shields!
